Four days after Priest Holmes announced his retirement, Smith
carried the ball 31 times for 150 yards and two touchdowns for
the Chiefs (4-7), who suffered their fourth straight loss.

"Anyone would be nervous in their first NFL start," Smith said.
"Especially trying to fill what Priest and Larry Johnson have
done for the organization. As the game went on, I got very
comfortable out there."

Smith scored on 10-yard and 5-yard runs for both Kansas City
touchdowns. Both scores turned an Oakland lead into a Kansas
City advantage, as the Chiefs took a 17-13 lead into the fourth
quarter.

"He did a fantastic job his first time starting," Chiefs coach
Herman Edwards said. "He ran well, ran well behind his pads and
made some good runs in the hole. That's why we drafted him. He
can catch the ball, make you miss, and once he makes a decision
he's running north and south. He's a smart guy."

LaMont Jordan collected the other touchdown for the Raiders on a
5-yard run with 6:04 left in the third quarter to give Oakland
a 13-10 lead.

"That was a halfback pass and he was supposed to throw it away
if it was covered, but it was a great play by him," Raiders
coach Lane Kiffin said.

Placekickers marked the difference in the game. Sebastian
Janikowski connected on two field goals for the Raiders - from
25 and 54 yards.

Dave Rayner missed one of his two tries for the Chiefs, the
second from 33 yards with 10:51 left in the game.

The misses by Rayner led Edwards to go for a fourth-and-inches
play from the Raiders 23-yard line late in the fourth quarter
instead of settling for a game-tying field goal.

"Probably in the last couple of weeks if he hadn't missed the
ones he's missed," Edwards said of Rayner's unreliability
factoring into his decision. "At that point in time I wasn't
going to put pressure on him. I put it on the offensive line
and the runner rather than the kicker. I just felt we were
running the ball halfway decent and had some yards and thought
we could make a yard."

Smith's run over left tackle was stuffed by Howard and Kirk
Morrison for a one-yard loss.

"I don't think that I was surprised," Kiffin said of Kansas City
going for it. "You have to keep in mind that they had just
missed a field goal pretty bad, so maybe it had to do with the
footing or the kicker."

The Raiders took over on downs and ran out the clock.

"It was hurtful," Smith said. "It was the turning point of the
game. If we get one more first down we'll have a chance to win
the game, so I've got that hanging over my head."